A lot of gloom is found in Insight Discovery’s flagship Middle East Investment Panorama (MEIP) for 2017, says its chief executive Nigel Sillitoe. Some 63% of advisers saw their clients’ lack of willingness to invest as a threat. Meanwhile, there were not many optimists. Only 18% of advisers saw their clients’ readiness to invest as an opportunity.

It is “business as usual” for UK pensions as no major changes were included in the Autumn Budget by chancellor Philip Hammond, although some small tweaks were made to the lifetime allowance, asset management and the personal income allowance.

Financial advisers need a robust back office technology system to boost the confidence of regulators in their client service approach and manage the growing pool of data in their business, said Ben Lester, head of sales for Praemium.

The UK’s crown dependencies and overseas territories have hit back at international media scrutiny and allegations that they facilitate tax avoidance and evasion following the leak of the Paradise Papers.

The winners in International Adviser’s inaugural Best Practice Adviser Awards 2016 for the Singapore region were announced on Thursday afternoon at the Raffles City Convention Centre after the Future Advisory Forum Singapore.

The winners in International Adviser’s inaugural Best Practice Adviser Awards 2016 for the Europe region were announced on Wednesday afternoon at London’s Waldorf Hilton Hotel, held directly after our Future Advisory Forum Europe.

There is still a chance to enter International Adviser’s inaugural Best Practice Adviser Awards if you’re in the UK as we have extended the deadline to 31 August. So have your hard work and innovation recognised and enter today.

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